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1: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008 Jun;27(6):557-8. Links

Human papillomavirus DNA detected in breast milk.

Sarkola M, Rintala M, Grénman S, Syrjänen S.

MediCity Research Laboratory, Institute of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing of 223 breast milk samples 3 days postpartum was performed with polymerase chain reaction, hybridization, and sequencing. HPV-16-DNA was detected in 4.0% of the samples. HPV carriage in the breast milk was not correlated with mother's oral or cervical HPV-status or the demographic data. Oral HPV-infection of the spouse at month 6 and 12 postpartum was statistically significantly associated with HPV carriage in the breast milk.

PMID: 18449059 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]